First generation computers used ______.

(a)

Vacuum tubes

(b)

Transistors

(c)

Integrated circuits

(d)

Microprocessors

Name the volatile memory _____

(a)

ROM

(b)

PROM

(c)

RAM

(d)

EPROM

Which one of the following is used to in ATM machines

(a)

Touch Screen

(b)

Speaker

(c)

Monitor

(d)

Printer

When a system restarts which type of booting is used.

(a)

Warm booting

(b)

Cold booting

(c)

Touch boot

(d)

Real boot

Expand POST

(a)

Post on Self Test

(b)

Power on Software Test

(c)

Power on Self Test

(d)

Power on Self Text

Which of the following led us today to extremely high speed calculating device?

(a)

Laptop

(b)

Tabulating Machine

(c)

Abacus

(d)

ENIAC

The first calculating device is__________.

(a)

ENIAC

(b)

Analytical Engine

(c)

EDVAC

(d)

Abacus

In which generation, the Voice Recognition software developed?

(a)

Sixth

(b)

Fourth

(c)

Third

(d)

Second

Robotics develop in_____ generation.

(a)

Third

(b)

Fourth

(c)

Fifth

(d)

Sixth

Which refers to the number of bits processed by a computer's CPU?

(a)

Byte

(b)

Nibble

(c)

Word length

(d)

Bit

Expansion for ASCII

(a)

American School Code for Information Interchange

(b)

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(c)

All Standard Code for Information Interchange

(d)

American Society Code for Information Interchange

How many characters can be handled in Binary Coded Decimal System?

(a)

64

(b)

255

(c)

256

(d)

128

For 1101₂ the equalent Hexadecimal equivalent is?

(a)

F

(b)

E

(c)

D

(d)

B

A + A =?

(a)

A

(b)

O

(c)

I

(d)

A

NOR is a combination of?

(a)

NOT(OR)

(b)

NOT(AND)

(c)

NOT(NOT)

(d)

NOT(NOR)

Which of the following is said to be the brain of a computer?

(a)

Input devices

(b)

Output devices

(c)

Memory device

(d)

Microprocessor

Which of the following is not the part of a microprocessor unit?

(a)

ALU

(b)

Control unit

(c)

Cache memory

(d)

register

Which of the following device identifies the location when address is placed in the memory address register?

(a)

locator

(b)

encoder

(c)

decoder

(d)

multiplexed

What is the smallest size of data represented in a CD?

(a)

blocks

(b)

sectors

(c)

pits

(d)

tracks

Display devices are connected to the computer through __________

(a)

USB port

(b)

Ps/2 port

(c)

SCSI port

(d)

VGA connector

Why POST is essential?

Write the limitations of impact printer.

Write the main advantages of using LED & LCD Screen.

List the types of information stored in a computer.

Name the Number system is used in general.

Name the measurement of clock speed of the computer.

What is instruction set?

Name the different types of CPU Register.

Define Decoder. 

What is an input device? Give two examples.

Name any three output devices.

Differentiate Optical and Laser mouse.

Define Transistor.

What is Machine language?

Write note on binary number System.

Write short note on ISCII.

Write the truth table of fundamental gates

Reason out why the NAND an NOR are called universal gates?

Give the truth table of XOR gate

What is MSB, LSB and Binary point? Give example.

Write a note on a hexadecimal number system

What is microprocessor? 

Draw a diagram of interconnecting the microprocessor with other devices of the computer system.

Explain the basic components of a computer with a neat diagram.

Identify the number system for the following numbers.

State whether the following numbers are valid or not. If invalid, given reason

How the read and write operations are performed by a processor? Explain.